Although Liang Ji had long known that the farther the Star Alliance's Pioneer War to open up the Heavenly Demon Star Domain progressed, the fiercer the resistance and battles would inevitably become,
he still couldn't help feeling shaken when he heard Peng Yue and the others say that their team had suffered heavy losses amid the shockwaves of a battle between an Eighth-Tier Star Lord and an Eighth-Tier Void Demon Race member in a star-system-opening campaign—and that this was what had caused Xu Mao's death.
The confidence that had started to swell after he had just advanced to Seventh-Tier Star Lord instantly fell back down.
He understood now that, with the Pioneer War at this stage, even a Seventh-Tier Star Lord couldn't necessarily guarantee their safety. Seventh-Tier Star Lords were merely the bare minimum required of teams opening up the front lines.
To survive this increasingly fierce and dangerous Pioneer War, and obtain enough resources, benefits, and merit, he, a newly advanced Seventh-Tier Star Lord, still needed to be more careful and cautious.
After a month of recuperation, Liang Ji's advancement to Seventh-Tier Star Lord and return restored the alliance team's morale.
Liang Ji and the others reorganized the team and set off again, heading for the front lines.
During that month, Bian Yujiao and Chen Zhao had each also used their Lineages and connections to urgently purchase a starship and add it to the team, increasing the alliance team's remaining fleet from thirteen starships to fifteen.
After all, the alliance team had originally been assembled by Senior Sister Bian Yujiao, who had served as its leader. But everyone's strength had been about the same, so they had worked together as equals and divided the spoils from their campaigns evenly.
Now, however, Liang Ji had advanced to Seventh-Tier Star Lord,